gnome-cups-manager does not accept HPLIP printer setup
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-cups-manager |
Expired
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Medium
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gnome-cups-manager (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The problem is that gnome-cups-manager (in Breezy) does not offer a suitable
printer type that can receive the special URI required for an HPLIP printer
setup. I have an HP DeskJet 5850 network printer with IP 10.0.0.160; using
the command "makeuri 10.0.0.160" results in the special URI
"hp:/net/
is a network printer, but none of the offered choices -- CUPS (IPP), UNIX,
SAMBA, or HP JetDirect -- will work with this URI. The CUPS (IPP) choice
comes close, but g-c-m insists on prepending "ipp://" making the resulting
URI meaningless. The HP JetDirect choice appears to accept the URI, but
g-c-m chops off everything following "hp" (besides port 9100 is not used
with HPLIP).
But the printer installs correctly using the CUPS printer administration
directly:
1. Edit /etc/cups/
and "AuthClass System" near the end of the file, and restart cupsys with
the command "/etc/init.d/cupsys restart".
2. Log in to http://
printer, choosing the first offered printer type "AppSocket/
choosing HP (HPLIP) as manufacturer, choosing the printer from the list,
and accepting the recommended hpijs driver.
This installs the printer and, after configuring it for paper size, the test
page prints perfectly.
It would seem that the problem is in the g-c-m front-end to the CUPS printer
administration.
Note: several others have reported similar problems, and I have left a message
similar to the above as a comment w.r.t. bug #25630, incorrectly related to
package hplip. I have files this bug to properly relate it to the
gnome-cups-manager package.
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
assignee: | debzilla → pitti |
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → doko |
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
assignee: | doko → nobody |
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in gnome-cups-manager: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Invalid → Expired |
Giving back bug, I don't have an hplip printer to test